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12. If I recall correctly, Colman McCarthy wrote a particularly caustic...
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 09:21 PM
Jan 18

...column years ago for the New York Times about just that. I think this was the mid-'90s, when clowns like Newt Gingrich were attempting to con voters into the idea that civil rights activists should support far-right neocon politics.

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I've heard hateful RW politicians cherry-pick his speeches like they cherry-pick the Bible Hekate Jan 18 #1
They rehash the same thing every year..there are volumes of his work that would be refreshing to hear Deuxcents Jan 18 #2
If I recall correctly, Colman McCarthy wrote a particularly caustic... keep_left Jan 18 #12
Ain't that the truth? ck4829 Jan 19 #21
White people hated him because he was making noise Keepthesoulalive Jan 18 #3
Some white people. Maybbe most white people. soldierant Jan 18 #9
A whooooooole shitload of white people. (n/t) Iggo Jan 18 #10
And one would be too many. soldierant Jan 19 #16
Indeed ck4829 Jan 19 #20
I don't make exceptions when i discuss people of different cultures or ethnicities Keepthesoulalive Jan 19 #14
I would like to think it's understood her soldierant Jan 19 #15
Not all broadbrushers? TheProle Jan 19 #17
Too many though ck4829 Jan 19 #23
The point is never taken, always hotly rejected. Best not to go there. msfiddlestix Jan 19 #29
That's a pretty big broad brush you have there. William769 Jan 19 #27
I am not painting over anyone Keepthesoulalive Jan 19 #28
Thank you for the truth. They cherry pick his words skipping the more substantive parts. live love laugh Jan 18 #4
Yep ck4829 Jan 19 #19
I grew up on the SW edge of Chicago. I remember the day after King was killed Martin Eden Jan 18 #5
Isn't funny how the racists are still alive and well?? a kennedy Jan 18 #6
They reproduce Martin Eden Jan 18 #7
Unfortunate ck4829 Jan 19 #22
Awful ck4829 Jan 19 #24
Way to give Musk money. Parallax El Jan 18 #8
Thank you. got a rec from me msfiddlestix Jan 19 #30
She is so right! Linda ladeewolf Jan 18 #11
Record deficits. Recessiins. Racism czarjak Jan 18 #13
Yep ck4829 Jan 19 #25
K&R. We're supposed to be "good Americans" and act like everyone loved MLK ck4829 Jan 19 #18
Good for her. It's true. I lived it Joinfortmill Jan 19 #26
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